…June as a fellow at the Timber Wolf Alliance and worked this past summer educating the public about Wisconsin’s gray wolves. Last month, the Timber Wolf Alliance Advisory Board voted to have her continue as the part-time coordinator. O’Gara also works as a veterinarian assistant in Washburn. As a student,…
At the start of the Timber Wolf Alliance, 1987, only 18 wolves were estimated to live in Wisconsin and fewer in Upper Michigan. That year, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute began the Timber Wolf Alliance assisting twenty-one organizations and many private individuals interested in promoting wolf recovery in Wisconsin and…
…about any of the slides, please contact us. Other great websites with teaching materials: California Wolf Center International Wolf Center (fun facts) International Wolf Center (educator resources) Living with Wolves Voyageurs Wolf Project Wolf Conservation Center Wolves of Yellowstone (PBS Learning Media) Wolf Quest Timber Wolf Alliance Resources for teachers….
…Natural Resources as a wildlife biologist earlier this year after over thirty-two years working for the agency, and served on the Timber Wolf Alliance advisory council since 1990. He headed up the Wisconsin wolf recovery program that included intense monitoring of the state wolf population from 1990 through 2013. Northland…
After a seven-year tenure at the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters, Wis., the Timber Wolf Alliance is in the process of returning north to Northland College. “We birthed this program and handed it off during a period when we couldn’t sustain it, but now it makes sense to…
…surveying wolf pack territories. Participants will assist with wolf howling surveys and learn techniques in wolf tracking and radio telemetry. This workshop meets the ecology qualifications for DNR Volunteer Carnivore Tracker for winter wolf counts, Volunteer wolf howler to survey in summer, and the training for Timber Wolf Alliance Speakers…
…sustainable wolf population in the state. The mission of the Timber Wolf Alliance is to use science-based information to promote an ecologically-functional wolf population in areas of suitable habitat. The Alliance would welcome an opportunity to share our educational and expert resources with the Legislature as it considers legislation that…
…Wildlife Service, and White Mountain Apache Tribe have been critical to the successful establishment of a population of Mexican wolves in the United States. John Oakleaf is the featured Timber Wolf Alliance speaker for Wolf Awareness Week at Northland College. He will be part of a panel discussion Thursday, October…
…in the past year and has one currently under review—three on wolves and one on Eurasian milfoil. He teaches wolf ecology and management courses, and is providing faculty support to the Timber Wolf Alliance. Olson’s interest took hold as an undergraduate at UW-Stevens Point where he learned an intriguing and…
The Timber Wolf Alliance has selected Sierra Evening—Mexican Wolf by Canadian artist Robert Bateman for the 2018 Wolf Awareness Week poster, to be released later this year. This is Bateman’s second time as the featured artist; his painting, New Territory, was chosen for the 2008 poster. The Mexican Wolf was…
